1. Resume Notes and Assignment

2. Resumes Resumes develop a first impression.
Resumes summarize skills, education, experience and abilities.
Resumes are NOT an autobiography, telling your whole life story on a piece of paper. They are a summary of your life and qualifications.

3. Parts of a Resume Heading Identification
Name, address, phone number and address
Objective or Summary Statement
Career objective or summary of employment desired
Education
Name of school, type of degree or diploma, year of graduation as well as majors and minors

4. Parts of a Resume Continued
Experience
List your experience in chronological order. Identify duties and accomplishments.
Skills
Things you can do that makes you special—using the computer, speaking a foreign language, etc.
Activities / Awards / Interests
Clubs, organizations, volunteer experience, sports things that show school/community involvement and leadership skills.

5. Other Information
There is not one “right way” to write a RESUME — everyone is unique.
Proofread your resume very carefully for grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. You do not want ANY mistakes in your resume. Have someone review your resume for mistakes.
Get feedback from other people. Make sure that your resume looks good, is easy to understand, and says what you want it to say!
Resume is the marketing tool to get you an interview!

6. Resume Writing Assignment
You will need to turn in a typed resume on 1/28/11.
You will have one class day to work on this in the school’s computer labs (1/24).
This is worth 100 points

7. Resume Format Your resume should include the following areas:
Heading Identification
Objective/Summary (what is your primary objective for the remainder of your high school career?)
Education (up to this point)
Experience (part-time jobs, household jobs like babysitting, mowing the lawn, etc.)

8. Format Continued Skills (computer skills, language skills, etc.)
Activities/Awards/Interests (list what you are involved in, what you’ve accomplished, and what you are interested in)
You should also save this resume and continually update it. This will help with college applications in the very near future.